Expression of chicken steroidogenic factor-1 during gonadal sex differentiation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-196

  Smith, Craig A ^a   Smith, Matthijs J ^a   Sinclair, Andrew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0032912639     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7214     Document Type: Article

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